tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post1660780322883088647..comments2017-06-04T20:56:09.647-07:00Comments on seraillon: Gabriele D'Annunzio: A Taste Too Far seraillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-85200912525809896272017-02-15T20:55:20.459-08:002017-02-15T20:55:20.459-08:00What an interesting question! I would not have put...What an interesting question! I would not have put Basile and D&#39;Annunzio together, especially given the three and a half centuries that separate them, but it&#39;s entirely possible that some prediliction for the grotesque present in Basile&#39;s weird tales, and then in Boccaccio, trickled down into D&#39;Annunzio (it&#39;s also there in Dante - in Petronius too, for that matter). But with D&#39;Annunzio I sensed a deliberate and adolescent desire to be provocative and titillating, not the more organic and playful variety of wild conceits as in Basile. For all D&#39;Annunzio&#39;s verbal flashiness, I found him a little boring in this regard: <i>all you idiots think life is pretty, but just look at that mucus!</i>seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-89782862021443286332017-02-15T00:12:38.343-08:002017-02-15T00:12:38.343-08:00Reading your review, I am reminded of the richness...Reading your review, I am reminded of the richness of Matteo Garrone&#39;s film Tale of Tales. Are there some similarities between D’Annunzio and Giambattista Basile, do you think?JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-21870759211503091912017-02-14T11:19:24.641-08:002017-02-14T11:19:24.641-08:00The &quot;redeeming aspects,&quot; for me anyway, ...The &quot;redeeming aspects,&quot; for me anyway, <i>were</i> the &quot;over the top and overblown.&quot; I don&#39;t know, but I suspect that D&#39;Annunzio might be more entertaining in audiobook format than on the printed page.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-31090096798252149392017-02-14T11:12:49.857-08:002017-02-14T11:12:49.857-08:00That may be the best argument for reading D&#39;An...That may be the best argument for reading D&#39;Annunzio: to understand the ways in which other Italian authors write around him. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-27255306577624660862017-02-14T02:34:03.596-08:002017-02-14T02:34:03.596-08:00Great commentary.
D&#39;Annunzio sounds very app...Great commentary. <br /><br />D&#39;Annunzio sounds very appealing. I enjoy over the top and overblown when they are coupled with other redeeming aspects. <br /><br />I am curious as to what you will think of Il Fuoco. <br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-76205397561910388552017-02-13T20:22:57.577-08:002017-02-13T20:22:57.577-08:00Okay. You are reinforcing my curiosity about D&#3...Okay. You are reinforcing my curiosity about D&#39;Annunzio&#39;s <i>poetry</i>. Reading Montale&#39;s early poetry recently, I could just barely glimpse the D&#39;Annunzio-shaped space he was writing <i>against</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com